David Kessler: BootsnAll Author

David Kessler
BootsnAll Author

David Kessler wishes he could adventure and write like Richard Halliburton,
Farley Mowat, Lewis Carroll, T. E. Lawrence, and Kenneth Graham, all rolled
up into one. Actually, he�d settle for the talent of any of these, or a
dozen other authors…

He has life-long (so far) interests in beautiful places, good stories, and
quirky people; this is good, because he seems to find and be found by a lot
of these, often unexpectedly.

He has always told stories, but only wrote them down occasionally, confining
his writing to occasional travel journals and long letters. He has published
one travel article (on Nabatean history and the city of Petra), and
co-authored some newspaper opinions, etc. while with a research centre, but
never thought too much about his writing. Then came 2000 � a good year for
him, adventure-wise. Several out of town friends demanded stories of these
exploits, so he circulated a list of story titles with the promise to write
up the ones people requested. The process slowly took on a life of its own
and now he almost considers himself a writer.

He likes finding odd skills, specialties, and loves, and has collected a few
himself, including calligraphy, juggling, hats, mask-making, Chinese martial
arts, music, Lewis Carroll, minor pyrotechnics, whisky, sea-chanteys, theatre
tech., and used book stores.

His “short list” of places to visit never seems to get any shorter, and the
list of places to return to always seems to get longer. He’s from New
England, lived in Israel for a year, nearly joined the circus twice, sailed
briefly on a tall ship, stage-managed at theatres and Renaissance Faires,
spent two years documenting millennial and apocalyptic beliefs, and suspects
that heaven is located somewhere in the hills of Vermont.

…and if he is ever reincarnated as a cockroach, he hopes his boss is as
understanding as was Don Marquis.

Feel free to email him at everyman@pipeline.com or visit his website, www.ouphrontis.com.

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